Real Estate

May 25, 2021 @ 7:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Andres Luts, Chief Credit Officer at EstateGuru, an online lending platform that offers retail investors the ability to back loans secured by property, is responsible for managing the platform’s credit policy across several different European nations. Luis recently talked about EstateGuru’s enforcement proceedings that are… Read More

May 25, 2021 @ 1:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Initiative Ireland has partnered with Fairfield Real Estate Finance in a project designed to lend €600 million to build 5,000 homes over the next three years. According to a release, the Irish marketplace lender was chosen by Fairfield as a joint venture partner to enter… Read More

May 24, 2021 @ 4:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Stavvy, a digital mortgage platform, announced on Monday it secured $40 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Morningside Technology Ventures. The company revealed its mission is to transform how business is conducted remotely by making complex legal and financial transactions easier, safer, and more… Read More

May 23, 2021 @ 9:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Groundfloor, a real estate crowdfunding platform, is in the process of raising equity capital on SeedInvest right now. According to a recent email distributed SeedInvest, the offering is now its most funded Fintech offering ever listed on the crowdfunding platform. The email states that Groundfloor… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 10:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Super, a U.S.-based insurtech startup, announced on Wednesday it raised $50 million through its Series C investment round, which was led by Wells Fargo Strategic Capital with participation from Asahi Kasei, AAA – Auto Club Group, Gaingels, REACH, and the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS’ strategic technology investment fund. Founded in 2015,… Read More

May 18, 2021 @ 2:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  BuyProperly, a Canada-based real estate investing platform, announced on Tuesday it raised $2 million through its latest investment round, which was led by Nurture Ventures with follow-on participation from FastBreak Ventures and notable angel investors. Founded in 2019, BuyProperly describes itself as an online marketplace… Read More

May 16, 2021 @ 7:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LendInvest, a property finance Fintech, notes that embedding technology throughout their lending process has been “key to making your deals complete quicker and more efficiently.” During the past few months, LendInvest has been working on bringing its clients a broker portal that will see the… Read More

May 13, 2021 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Property investment marketplace CrowdProperty has reportedly launched its Australia-based division in order to support property development in the country. David Ingram has been appointed as the Chief Executive for CrowdProperty’s business operations in Australia. CrowdProperty has issued over £100 million in loans to UK-based property… Read More

May 13, 2021 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CapitalRise, the dedicated prime property investment platform, revealed on Thursday (May 13, 2021) that it has managed to return over £50 million to investors since launching its operations. According to a release shared with Crowdfund Insider, CapitalRise provided “an average return of 9.2 percent per… Read More

May 12, 2021 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

  LendInvest, a property finance Fintech, is working with Homes England to finance and build 500 apartments in Ashford, Kent. Kings Crescent Homes is the build and the project is expected to cost £90 million. Construction is expected to start immediately to bring into use… Read More

May 11, 2021 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alternative Investment Exchange (AIX), the platform that aims to  make it easier to purchase, own, and sell alternative investments, has revealed that Inland Real Estate Investment Corporation chose the AIX platform as one of its electronic platform providers in order to onboard new funds and… Read More

May 9, 2021 @ 4:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

AlphaFlow, a real estate lending platform providing access to marketplace property loans, is seeking up to $3.93 million on Republic. According to the offering page, AlphaFlow investors may participate in a “Crowd SAFE” offering at a valuation cap of $55 million.  This means that if… Read More

May 5, 2021 @ 1:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Kyle Sonlin, CEO at Security Token Market (STM), which is focused on supporting the nascent blockchain-based security tokens space. Sonlin explained how the global financial system is evolving rapidly and how security tokens can help streamline many traditional business processes. Sonlin… Read More

April 30, 2021 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fundrise, a real estate investment platform using Reg A+ to provide access to “eREITs and eFunds,” notes that their annual letter to investors (released in January 2021) had revealed that they rang in 2021 with an updated version of their proprietary fund infrastructure, “enabling the… Read More

April 30, 2021 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Proptech platform LendInvest notes that its founders began operations in response to a UK mortgage market that’s “fundamentally broken.” The LendInvest team points out that for many years, it’s been a market mostly dominated by banking institutions, and acquiring a mortgage can be one of… Read More

April 28, 2021 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Helvetia Venture Fund is reportedly making an investment in Germany’s Baufi24, a property finance firm, by acquiring its shares as part of a Series A round. btov, a VC company, has also taken part in the investment round along with Helvetia Venture Fund. The… Read More

April 27, 2021 @ 6:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Blend Network, an online P2P lender, reveals that the average UK house prices “grew by 5.7% year-on-year in March.” Blend Network added in its latest property market report that activity has slowed down from December 2020’s 6-year high growth of 7.3% year-on-year. But price… Read More

April 26, 2021 @ 4:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Howsy, a UK-based rental marketplace platform, has successfully secured its initial £800,000 funding target through its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The funding round launched just a little over six months after Howsy’s raised £2,346,770 through its previous Seedrs campaign and has so far attracted… Read More

April 25, 2021 @ 9:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Janover Inc., a U.S.-based fintech that specializes in access to commercial real estate and small business financing, is now seeking funds through its RegCF campaign on StartEngine. The latest funding round comes less than a year after Janover raised $714,052 through its Republic campaign. Founded… Read More

April 23, 2021 @ 4:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  The Security Token Group (STG), which focuses on the fast-evolving blockchain-based security tokens space, has released their March 2021 edition of the Security Token Market Real Estate report. As previously reported, Security Token Market (stomarket.com) hosts live-trading data from 33 different security tokens across… Read More